Red Cross Volunteer Nurse's Aide
Color portrait of a smiling young woman in a Red Cross nurse's aide cap and blue pinafore against a cloudy sky. Red headline over the head; enrolment call at the foot. The tell is the idealised portrait and the line 'Your help can save many lives', an appeal to a general good.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Red Cross, with Office of Civilian Defense volunteer offices
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- Home front, Health
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
American Red Cross. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1621 (NAID 515287).
Text on the object
RED CROSS VOLUNTEER NURSE'S AIDE ENROLL TODAY AS A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER NURSE'S AIDE YOUR HELP CAN SAVE MANY LIVES . . . FIND THE TIME . . . GIVE IT NOW Call Your Red Cross Chapter or Local Civilian Defense Volunteer Office [imprint: LITHO IN U. S. A.] [imprint: POSTER 711 JUNE, 1943]
